Forums are a great way to promote a learner community and get course participants engaged. Self-directed learning, which is what we see most with LearnDash, can often be isolating and too independent. With a forum, learners can ask each other questions, dig deeper into program content, share best practices and more.
We tend to stick to simple forums on LearnDash sites and use the bbPress plugin on most of them. This sample forum is powered by bbPress.